One day after getting shut out for the first time this season, Missions bats erupted for 19 hits in a 10-5 victory over the Corpus Christi Hooks before 3,108 at Wolff Stadium.

Jake Blackwood had three hits and a season-high four RBIs as the Missions salvaged a split of the four-game series.

Eddy Rodriguez and Rico Noel also had three hits for the Missions (16-16), who had 17 hits in the first three games of the series combined.

Every batter in the Missions' lineup had at least one hit. The team's previous high in hits this season was 15.

“It was a good night against what I consider one of the better teams in the league,” Missions manager Rich Dauer said of the Hooks (19-13), who lead the Texas League's South Division.

The Missions trailed 4-0 before they even came to bat.

Corpus Christi jumped on starter Jose De Paula in the first as the first four batters reached. Three of them scored in a four-run inning.

But the Missions struck back with their own four-run first, sending nine men to the plate, and followed that up with a three-run second.

Doubles by Fuentes, Blackwood and Rodriguez keyed the frame. But the biggest blow was a two-run single by Contreras.

De Paula (2-3) settled down and pitched well after his shaky opening inning. The left-hander allowed five hits and four runs in six innings of work, but no runs on only one hit over his final five frames.

“He started using his curve ball after the first inning,” Dauer said.

In their 16 wins this season, the Missions have scored 120 runs, have a batting average of .313 and are hitting .378 with runners in scoring position. In their 16 losses, they have scored just 26 runs, have a batting average of .186 and have hit just .144 with runners in scoring position.